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1 | Rank | Church | Location | Region | Association | Connection tier | Recorded giving (Stewardship) | Connection evidence | Named contact(s) | Albanian-density area | Albanian community note | Suggested next step | Last visit (VCC planner) | Next visit — provisional (12 mths) | ||||||||||||
2 | 1 | Vale Community Church | Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire | East of England | CBA | 1 · Active partner | Mission giving via VCC finance (Rupasinha gifts) + Kerry family £241/month | Your own church and a KEY supporter: sends mission giving, hosts Tek Ura Sundays, UK host base for the At the Bridge internship, immersive camp June 2027 on the schedule | Dan & Annie Dupree; Elaine Rupasinha (finance); Alan & Lisa Kerry | C — Low | Negligible | Keep VCC visibly at the heart of every partnership story | Home church — every other Sunday | Ongoing: keep 2 Sundays/month at Vale minimum | ||||||||||||
3 | 2 | Tonbridge Baptist Church | Tonbridge, Kent | South East | SEBA | 1 · Active partner | £23,916 (2025 — 19 gifts incl. £2,910 Durrës land and £3,618 Harvest of Hope; 24% of all church giving) · £9,631 (2026 to 2 Jul) — Tek Ura finance record (Trustee Paper Sept 2026). Stewardship export: ≈£26,931 lifetime (21 gifts) | Your single largest church giver by far — and you preached there 28 Sept (Sunday schedule). Flagship partner || [SEBA sweep · band A · EXISTING PARTNER — names Tek Ura] Mission: Structured named portfolio under "Beyond TN10": Tek Ura (Albania), Fulani Ministries (Burkina Faso + 19 African countries), Mission Rwentobo (Uganda), Oasis Belgium, Wycliffe Bible Translators (Nigeria), Ebbsfleet Baptist Church (UK church plant), Prison Ministry (UK) | Balkans/E.Europe: YES — CONFIRMED. Tek Ura has a dedicated partner page on the TBC website naming Dan and Annie Dupree, the Tirana and Durrës centres, the physiotherapy clinic Annie founded in 2016, cell churches, English classes, parenting groups, and the work with young Albanian men aged 18–30 at risk of irregular migration to England. TBC gives financially, prays, hosts TBC-side prayer coverage, and includes Tek Ura in its online "Closer" discussion group. Listed prayer priorities include the new Durrës centre and programme funding | Disability: none found named (the Day Centre is likely older-adult/vulnerable-adult focused — unconfirmed whether it includes disability provision) | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found as a distinct congregation; migration is engaged indirectly through the Tek Ura partnership framing (young Albanian men and illegal migration to England) | Community: Day Centre (with manager, deputy manager and cook — substantial operation), food bank, Crosslight debt advice branch, youth and kids work, events/premises programme | Vacancy: No — both posts filled | Size: Large — 16 paid staff including Youth Worker, Community Lead, Day Centre Manager/Deputy/Cook, Crosslight branch manager, Creative Associate, Events & Premises Manager. Multi-service church; largest resourced Baptist church in the SEBA Kent cluster (unconfirmed exact attendance) || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Trustee Paper (Annex F, Tek Ura finance record) — 2025 / 2026 to 2 July: Tonbridge £23,916 / £9,631 (19 gifts in 2025 incl. £2,910 Durrës land and £3,618 Harvest of Hope; 24% of all church giving); Wokingham £8,826 / £658 (second-half weighted — £4,554 arrived in December); Histon £2,560 / £2,539 (nearly doubling); Forest Row £2,183 / £1,698 (up ~56%); Crescent Belfast £2,941 / —. Total UK church giving 2025: £98,412 from 33 congregations; £38,970 to 2 July 2026. Rebuild the giving column from these, not from Stewardship. || [2026-09-07 · Dan] Visit: Tonbridge visit booked for Sun 28 Feb 2027 (Dan & Annie). || [7 Sep 2026 · Amy Harper (connection form)] Claire and Paul Martin were on the immersive trip with Amy — a second trustee relationship into the church. | Sally Allen & Neil Durling (ministers); Alison Bacon (treasurer); Paul & Claire Martin (+£3,007 personal) | C — Low | Dispersed small communities | Treat as flagship: annual in-person report, meet both ministers || [SEBA sweep] Already Tek Ura's single largest church giver (~£27k lifetime) with a public, detailed partner page — this is a renewal and deepening visit, not a cold approach. The obvious asks are a Sunday preach, a short-term team recruited from the Day Centre/Crosslight volunteer base (debt advice and day-centre skills map directly onto Tek Ura's employment support and rehab work), and moving from financial partner to sending church. | Sun 28 Sept 2025 (D&A) | Sun 28 Feb 2027 — BOOKED (Dan & Annie); add the Aslan/SEN meeting on the Saturday. Replaces the proposed 27 Sept 2026 date. | ||||||||||||
4 | 3 | Whetstone Baptist Church | Whetstone, Leicestershire | East Midlands | EMBA | 1 · Active partner | £980 church (2021) + Swanson personal gifts | Hosted Closer (Feb 2026); Swansons; D&A preached 26 Oct (schedule); intern-role circulation || [EMBA sweep · band A · EXISTING WARM LINK] Mission: The site has a dedicated /mission/ page and an /adult-ministries/ page, but both returned HTTP 401 to automated fetching on repeated attempts, so named partners could not be read — unconfirmed. No overseas partners are named on the pages that were readable (home, get-involved, serving). Charity Commission record shows no declared overseas area of operation. | Balkans/E.Europe: Nothing published on the public site — Tek Ura does NOT appear anywhere retrievable on whetstonebaptist.uk, nor in search indexing of the domain. The reported 28 February 2026 "Closer" 10th anniversary event does not appear in any indexed page, news item or listing. Unconfirmed publicly — treat the relationship as real but entirely undocumented online. | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: CAP Money Coaching; Springwell Pre-school; Seedlings Stay & Play; "Springwell at the Beach" family summer event; room hire; Alpha. | Vacancy: No — Nick Swanson in post | Size: Large by EMBA standards — Charity Commission (y/e 31 Dec 2024) total income £622,844, expenditure £657,000, 17 staff, 13 trustees, 150 volunteers. Runs Springwell Pre-school (ages 2-4). Registered charity 1132157 (CC ref 5003896). | Rev Nick Swanson | C — Low | Small Leicester presence | EMBA anchor; base for a Leicester weekend || [EMBA sweep] Already the warmest door in the association: they physically hosted Tek Ura's 10th anniversary "Closer" event in Feb 2026, yet there is zero public trace of Tek Ura on their website or mission page. The immediate ask is to convert a one-off venue hire into a named mission partnership — a Sunday preach plus a listing on the /mission/ page — and, given 150 volunteers and 17 staff, they are one of the very few EMBA churches with the bench strength to send a short-term team to Tirana or Durrës. | Sun 26 Oct 2025 (D&A) | Sun 22 Nov 2026 — annual | ||||||||||||
5 | 4 | Holmer Green Baptist Church | Holmer Green, High Wycombe, Bucks | South East | CBA area (check) | 1 · Active partner | £9,652 (2025) · £4,800 (2026 to 2 Jul) — £800/month towards Xhina's salary, steady and holding up; renewal moment is the October 2026 team visit (Level 3 programme partnership). Tek Ura finance record (Trustee Paper Sept 2026); the export's 'last gift Oct 2025' was stale, not a lapse. NAME CORRECTED 9 Sept 2026 (Dan): the sponsored worker is Xhina, not Xheni — both are Tek Ura staff, so the earlier entry read as plausible. | D&A preached there 14 Sept (Sunday schedule: 'D/A @ HGBC'); Annie has welcomed new minister Amal Joseph (July 2026), Sept 2026 visit in hand || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: CORRECTED against the Trustee Paper (Sept 2026, Annex F — Tek Ura finance record): Holmer Green gave £9,652 in 2025 and £4,800 in 2026 to 2 July — steady, monthly, holding up. The Stewardship export's 'last gift Oct 2025' was stale, not a lapse. || [9 Sep 2026 · Dan] INTEREST: worker sponsorship — £800/month towards Xhina's rehab salary (NOT Xheni; both are Tek Ura staff, which is why the earlier error read as plausible). Also keenly interested in Eralda (Skills) and the Church work. Immersive visit 25–29 Oct 2026, seven people, arriving the day of the Tirana 10K; the church is reviewing its giving and this visit is the renewal moment. | Rev Amal Joseph; Stephen Box (treasurer) | C — Low | Negligible | Nail the September visit; honour the partnership that is already funding you | Sun 1 Mar 2026 (Annie); 14 Sept 2025 (D&A) | BOOKED Sun 11 Oct 2026 (Dan) + Thu 3 Sept 2026 partnership visit | ||||||||||||
6 | 5 | Leigh Road Baptist Church | Leigh-on-Sea, Essex | East of England | EBA | 1 · Active partner | £10,229 (2025) · £4,888 (2026 to 2 Jul) — ≈£10,000/yr, part by bank transfer, part via Stewardship (Trustee Paper Annex F). Stewardship alone showed ≈£7,275. Partnership agreement to be signed 29 Nov 2026 | Live 2026 partnership conversations (Tek Ura + At the Bridge); 'much loved at LRBC'; deep Leigh-on-Sea supporter cluster (Bell £250/m, Hadwen, Flack, Wright, Osler…) || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Giving changed: CONFIRMED by the Trustee Paper (Annex F): Leigh Road gave £10,229 in 2025 and £4,888 in 2026 to 2 July — two bank transfers (£5,002) plus five Stewardship gifts. Stewardship alone saw under half of it, which is why the sheet showed ≈£7,275. Update the giving cell to '£10,229 (2025) · £4,888 (2026 to 2 Jul) — ≈£10,000/yr, part by bank transfer, part via Stewardship'. Partnership agreement to be signed 29 Nov 2026. | Rev Ian Smith; Steve Dalley; Bob Hadwen | B — Medium | Essex fringe of E London Albanian communities | Complete the agreement; 2027 Sunday | — (2026 talks by email/Zoom) | BOOKED Sun 29 Nov 2026 ('Tek Ura – LRBC') | ||||||||||||
7 | 6 | Dunchurch Baptist Church | Dunchurch, Rugby | West Midlands | HEBA | 1 · Active partner | £728 (Jan 2026) | Named Tek Ura partner on mission page; speaking visit being arranged 2026 | Rev Alistair Jones | B — Medium | Coventry/Birmingham orbit | Confirm date; cluster introductions | — (speaking visit long requested) | BOOKED Sun 1 Nov 2026 ('Tek Ura – Dunchurch') | ||||||||||||
8 | 7 | Wokingham Baptist Church | Wokingham, Berkshire | South East | SCBA | 1 · Active partner | £8,826 (2025 — second-half weighted, £4,554 arrived in December) · £658 (2026 to 2 Jul) — Tek Ura finance record (Trustee Paper Sept 2026); plus Nick & Wendy Hudson personal gifts. Stewardship export: £5,213 | Nick Hudson chairs CoS; visited Aug 2023; intern-role promotion || [SCBA sweep · band A · EXISTING PARTNER — CoS Chair] Mission: Tek Ura (Albania) is named on the site as "our mission partners in Albania". Dnipro Hope (Ukraine) described as "our supported charity". BMS World Mission named as an affiliation. Affiliations page lists: BUGB, SCBA, Churches Together in Wokingham, BMS World Mission | Balkans/E.Europe: Yes — the strongest in the whole area. Tek Ura appears on the site at least three times: (1) news item 9 July 2026 "Will you join the Tek Ura team for the Tirana 10k?" recruiting runners for the Tirana 10K on Sunday 18 Oct 2026, celebration evening at the Tek Ura centre 17 Oct, £250 minimum / £2,000 target per runner, "All the Trustees and some of the staff are going to run, and Nick will be running too", plus plans for a parallel run in Wokingham; (2) Feb 2021 "Tek Ura's London to Tirana Challenge" describing Dan and Annie Dupree as "Our BMS Mission Partners in Albania" and Wokingham as "one of their supporter churches"; (3) July 2021 "Meet the Dupree Family" — a full church visit 7 Aug 2021 with the whole Dupree family named. Dan Dupree also appears in the church's Sunday sermon speaker index (1 talk). Ukraine: Ukraine Spring Concert 11 May 2025 fundraising for Dnipro Hope, with Helen Evans of Dnipro Hope preaching that morning | Disability: Partial. Ran a church conversation event "Supporting children and young people with additional needs" (2 March 2025) with tea and cake. No formal BSL/deaf, Torch Trust, Through the Roof or Prospects link found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: Substantial. Live real-time translation of Sunday services into the listener's chosen language on their phone (no app needed); service titles carry Chinese translations of the Bible passage. Long-running "Welcome Course 歡迎從香港來到英國的鄰居" for Hong Kong BN(O) arrivals, run repeatedly since 2022. Cantonese Alpha Course alongside English Alpha. Hong Kong men's small group. Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. Bring and Share International Lunch. Commissioning of Londy Chan (now BUGB Hong Kong Response Co-ordinator). Sermon series "Living as a Diverse Community" and a published diversity statement | Community: Celebrate Recovery — a dedicated paid Celebrate Recovery Worker (Natalie Williams) and a weekly Wednesday 7:45pm group covering addiction, overeating, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, relationship breakdown; running since at least 2023 with a summer programme. 4321 toddler group; Open the Book in primary schools; Soulscape (schools youth charity for Wokingham and Bracknell); ReGen youth group (outdoor/woodland); n:ergise; Trailblazers Holiday Club; TOAST; Parentalk; Table Talk; Discovery Bible Study; Faith Sharing Market Stall; Wokingham Pride involvement; Pioneer Forum | Vacancy: No — settled two-minister team | Size: Charity 1134862. Income £267,682 (y/e 31 Dec 2024), spend £232,998; income has risen steadily from £208k (2019). 12 trustees, 120 volunteers (2024, up from 100 in 2023). Four new members added to the Leadership Team Oct 2025. Celebrated 250th anniversary in Sept 2024. One 10:30am Sunday service, building plus livestream. Estimated congregation 120-180 (unconfirmed — no published attendance) || [7 Sep 2026 · Amy Harper (connection form)] Amy knows Nick Hudson well ("Nick <3"). | Rev Nick Hudson; Rev Savannah Bell | C — Low | Little recorded presence | Church-wide partnership commitment || [SCBA sweep] This is the home church of Tek Ura's Council of Supporters chair, already publicly recruiting a Tirana 10K team for October 2026 with trustees and staff running. The obvious ask is a preaching Sunday tied to the 10K push and a short-term team; the Celebrate Recovery worker and the Hong Kong/Cantonese multilingual congregation give Dan two direct programme parallels (addiction recovery, migrant-language tuition) to preach into. | Aug 2023 (pre-planner) — 3 years ago | Sun 7 Feb 2027 — OVERDUE; CoS Chair's own church | ||||||||||||
9 | 8 | Histon Baptist Church | Histon, Cambridgeshire | East of England | EBA | 1 · Active partner | £2,560 (2025) · £2,539 (2026 to 2 Jul) — nearly doubling (Tek Ura finance record, Trustee Paper Sept 2026). Stewardship export: ≈£4,089 (£1,550 Dec 2025 + £2,539 Jun 2026); Voyias & Warren households give too | CoS MEMBER (per Dan) + ≈£4,089 given — a partner; summer-team conversations 2026; Voyias & Warren households give too | Rev Chris Farmer; Kim Gregory; John Newman (treasurer) | C — Low | Minimal | Thank-you visit; fix summer 2027 dates early | — never visited despite ≈£4,089 given | Sun 7 Mar 2027 — thank-you Sunday; fix summer-2027 team dates same day | ||||||||||||
10 | 9 | Long Eaton Baptist Church (LEBC) | Long Eaton, Nottingham area | East Midlands | EMBA | 1 · Active partner | ≈£1,300 via Geoff Smith, treasurer (four gifts: Dec 2024 £442, Jan 2025 £529, Aug 2025 £82, Jan 2026 £246 — Stewardship). Listed among the 17 regular-giving congregations in 2025 (Trustee Paper); take 2025/2026 figures from Xhonsila's tracker when rebuilt | You are BOOKED to lead the morning service 30 Aug 2026 (Bochenskis; Glenis pulpit sec.) — the model outcome already achieved || [EMBA sweep · band A · EXISTING WARM LINK] Mission: none found | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: none found; accessibility named as a goal of the hall refurbishment | Migrant/multi-ethnic: Yes — EMBA reports the church has extended support to "asylum seekers temporarily housed in local hotels", alongside work with homeless people and migrants facing housing uncertainty | Community: Main centre for the Long Eaton and Sawley Trussell Trust Foodbank; clothing bank; weekly coffee morning; community hall hosting scouts, theatre and music groups (currently fundraising £2,000 for refurbishment) | Vacancy: No | Size: Not published — unconfirmed; single 10:30am Sunday service, streamed on Facebook || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Sheet says ≈£329 (Geoff Smith). Stewardship export has four Geoff Smith gifts totalling ≈£1,300 (Dec 2024 £442, Jan 2025 £529, Aug 2025 £82, Jan 2026 £246). The Trustee Paper lists Long Eaton among the 17 regular-giving congregations in 2025. Update to ≈£1,300 via Geoff Smith (treasurer) and take the 2025/2026 figures from Xhonsila's tracker when rebuilt. | Rev Michael Bochenski (retired, EMBA); Glenis (pulpit sec.) | B — Medium | Nottingham orbit | Use 30 Aug to convert warmth into partnership + trip interest || [EMBA sweep] Already working directly with asylum seekers in hotels — many of whom in the East Midlands are Albanian nationals. Tek Ura can explain what those arrivals are leaving behind and what a church-based alternative looks like in-country. | — | BOOKED Sun 30 Aug 2026 (this month) | ||||||||||||
11 | 10 | Oadby Baptist Church | Oadby, Leicester | East Midlands | EMBA | 1 · Active partner | Church £2,871 (2025 — one bank-transfer gift, 23 Dec; a fourth-quarter giver, not lapsed; nothing yet in 2026 to 2 Jul). Households: William Davice £155/month, £19,773 lifetime + £6,000 on 15 Sep 2025 — the largest individual giver linked to any church; Christine Swan £50/month from 2026. No Carter monthly gift exists. (Trustee Paper Annex F; €7,037 received in 2023) | Public page dedicated to the Duprees; Closer attendees; Sunday offered Oct 2025 || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Trustee Paper (Annex F): Oadby gave £2,871 in 2025 — one gift, 23 December, by bank transfer — a fourth-quarter giver, not lapsed; nothing yet in 2026 to 2 July. Separately, William Davice (Oadby) gives £155/month, £19,773 lifetime plus £6,000 on 15 Sept 2025 — the largest individual giver linked to any church; Christine Swan £50/month from 2026. No Carter monthly gift exists. Rewrite the giving note to carry both the church figure and the household giving (the paper's 'congregation gives more than the church' pattern). | Theo Lambourne; Paula & Martin Jones (+£1,206 & £256 personal) | C — Low | Small Leicester presence | Chase the promised Sunday — possible vacancy | Sun 5 July 2026 (D&A) | Sun 4 July 2027 — annual | ||||||||||||
12 | 11 | Mission Albania / Crescent Church | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Independent | 1 · Active partner | £2,941 (2025, Crescent Church) · nothing yet in 2026 to 2 Jul — Tek Ura finance record (Trustee Paper Sept 2026); plus the £12,000 route via Mission Albania | Albania-specific agency; Caton gives via MA | George Glass; David Midwinter | C — Low | 142 Albania-born in NI | Deepen agency alliance | — (agency contact only) | Spring 2027 — NI trip; pair with At the Bridge business | ||||||||||||
13 | 12 | Avenue Baptist Church | Beckenham, Bromley (SE London) | London | LB | 1 · Active partner | The Kings (household): an additional £5,000 gift in Sept 2026 + a pledge of £500/month from October 2026 — per Dan, 7 Sep 2026. Identity resolved Aug 2026: Avenue BC Beckenham, Andrew Jones's former church; its mission page still names Tek Ura | Rev Andrew Jones is a Tek Ura & At the Bridge trustee. RESOLVED (Aug 2026): Andrew's own church is FULLERS HILL, WESTERHAM (see that row) — this "Avenue Baptist Church" entry is a separate, still-unconfirmed identity. The BUGB register lists Avenue BC Westcliff-on-Sea under Rev Jane Guest, which does not match Andrew's Beckenham/Biggin Hill addresses. Verify or retire this row. || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Giving changed: the Kings (Avenue BC household) have recently given an additional £5,000 this month and pledged £500 per month from October 2026. | The Kings (giving household — £5,000 + £500/month pledge); Rev Andrew Jones (former minister, now at Fullers Hill) — introduction to his successor still to ask | — | Bromley borough — modest Albanian presence; confirm | THANK the Kings (trustee-signed letter) and confirm the £500/month arrangement starts in October 2026; then ask Andrew Jones for an introduction to his successor so the church link is not only household-level | — | Window 2027 — SE London / Beckenham day via Andrew's introduction | ||||||||||||
14 | 13 | Exwick Community Church | Exeter, Devon | South West | Independent | 1 · Active partner | £2,219 (2025) · £1,747 (2026 to 2 Jul) — up ~57% (Tek Ura finance record, Trustee Paper Sept 2026); Chris Carter £58/month personally. Stewardship export: ≈£2,762 (£125/month) + early Salisbury gifts | BIG supporter (per Dan) through Chris & Debbie Carter — long-standing champions since 2020; Carters attended Closer; Chris also gives £58/month personally || [SWeBA sweep · band A · EXISTING PARTNER — names Tek Ura] Mission: Publicly names Baptist Church in Lapusna, Moldova (Pastor Costea); Tek Ura, Albania; BMS World Mission; Home Mission. Moldova team travelled October 2025 (Matt Jackson, Tim Ellis, Peter, Chela, Pippa, plus Victor) | Balkans/E.Europe: YES — Tek Ura is named explicitly on the "Beyond Exeter" page, described as "a Christian charity providing practical and spiritual support to communities on the fringes," with reference to work among Roma, and refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine. Page states Chris and Debbie Carter taught in Tirana from 2018 on a three-year placement and connected ECC to Tek Ura. Moldova is a second Eastern European link | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: Moldova refugee aid referenced; Serban Daramus (Romanian name) on leadership team — unconfirmed whether this indicates wider Romanian/Eastern European congregational presence | Community: Three community workers including a Community Families Worker; partnership working with local organisations | Vacancy: No — Youth Ministry Lead may be open/under review (unconfirmed) | Size: Medium; three paid community workers plus operations manager — unconfirmed attendance | Chris & Debbie Carter; Sandy Salisbury || Peter Fowler (Pastor, full time since 2019); leadership team includes Chris Carter (Community Worker) and Debbie Carter (Community Worker); Serban Daramus on leadership team | C — Low | Negligible | Honour the Carters: named thank-you in the 10-year story, a Devon Sunday when travel allows, and first refusal on trip news || Route via the SWeBA sweep (see sheet) — Already the anchor supporter and the only church found in the whole association that names Tek Ura publicly. Ask for a Sunday, a commissioning slot for a short-term team, and use Exwick as the referring church into the rest of SWeBA — especially into St Thomas Baptist Exeter, which supports the same Lapusna Moldova partner. | — never visited (Devon) | Sun 9 May 2027 — West Country trip; honour the Carters | ||||||||||||
15 | 14 | Salem Baptist Church | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | South West / Cotswolds | WEBNet (West of England Baptist Network) | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | — | RESOLVED (Dan, Aug 2026): Salem BC is CHELTENHAM. Minister Rev Andrew (Andy) Liam Grice, in post since 2007 (Bristol Baptist College; read biochemistry at Oxford; previously student work in London) — confirmed on the BUGB register under WEBNet. Deacon Georgina (relocated from South Africa 2003) holds the mission brief, described as "linking different parts of the world to share the Good News of Christ through mission partnerships, both locally and abroad" — i.e. there is a named person whose job is exactly this conversation. Deacon Krisztina (baptised 2018) suggests a Central/Eastern European presence in membership. Church runs Junior Church, youth work, a hospitality/meals team and a music group. Annual Tek Ura Sunday already in the rhythm (D&A, 30 Nov 2025). | Rev Andy Grice (minister since 2007); Georgina (deacon, mission brief); Helen (secretary); Paul (treasurer) | — | — | Book the annual Tek Ura Sunday with Andy Grice, but write to GEORGINA as well — she carries the mission partnerships brief and is the person who can move Salem from an annual visit to a named partner. Cheltenham also anchors a WEBNet day (Cambray BC is in the same town). | Sun 30 Nov 2025 (D&A, Tek Ura service) | Sun 6 Dec 2026 — annual Tek Ura Sunday, Cheltenham | ||||||||||||
16 | 15 | Forest Row Baptist Church | Forest Row, East Sussex | South East | SEBA | 1 · Active partner | £2,183 (2025) · £1,698 (2026 to 2 Jul) — up ~56% (Tek Ura finance record, Trustee Paper Sept 2026). Clarke personal ≈£3,300 now sits with Haywards Heath | Andy Clarke CoS Vice-Chair; minister linked via BMS article; Axtell/Beckett/Blaxall households give || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Contact changed: Andy Clarke (CoS Vice-Chair/Secretary) has moved to Haywards Heath Baptist Church. Forest Row remains a supporting church (Tier 1) — church giving plus the Axtell/Beckett/Blaxall households. Named contact needs replacing; the 12–13 Sept Sat/eve visit note still cites Andy Clarke, so confirm who hosts. || [8 Sep 2026 · Dan] Contact changed: Marie Yates is the named contact at Forest Row. | Marie Yates (named contact from Sept 2026); giving households Axtell, Beckett, Blaxall. Andy Clarke has moved to Haywards Heath BC; Mary McLachlan, the previous minister, is now at Eden Church, Edenbridge | C — Low | Negligible | Sustain through Marie Yates now Andy Clarke has moved; rebook the visit — the 12–13 Sept 2026 slot fell through | — | To rebook with Marie Yates — the Sat/eve 12–13 Sept 2026 slot is not possible (Dan, 7 Sep 2026); aim for later in 2026/27 | ||||||||||||
17 | 16 | West Bridgford Baptist Church | West Bridgford, Nottingham | East Midlands | EMBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | £2,638 (2025) · £728 (2026 to 2 Jul) — Tek Ura finance record (Trustee Paper Sept 2026). Stewardship export: ≈£2,759 (£121.25/month) | D&A preached there 12 Oct (schedule: 'D/A @ WBBC'); Phil Willis (May 2026) proposed expanding Tek Ura in Nottingham with Elton — partner behaviour || [EMBA sweep · band E · Migrant / multi-ethnic / diaspora] Mission: none found published | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: Wheelchair access and hearing loop confirmed; no programme found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: Strong and explicit — self-describes as "multi-cultural" and runs the "Welcome Hong Kong project", offering "a welcome and practical support to anyone from Hong Kong (and from any other countries)" newly arrived in the UK | Community: Homelessness support via the Street Support Nottingham network; member of Churches Together in West Bridgford, Evangelical Alliance, EMBA and BUGB | Vacancy: Unconfirmed — no minister named on the website, which may indicate a vacancy | Size: Not published — unconfirmed; Sunday service 10am | Phil & Sally Willis; Martin Thomas (finance); Stephen McKibbin (minister) | B — Medium | Modest, growing Nottingham community | Connect Phil with Elton; explore a Nottingham diaspora expression with Queensberry || [EMBA sweep] Already runs a structured newcomer-welcome project for one migrant group and says it is open to "any other countries". Tek Ura's refugee/migrant language tuition work is a direct read-across, and the church could be recruited to extend the same model to Albanian-speaking arrivals in Nottingham. | Sun 12 Oct 2025 (D&A) | BOOKED Sun 4 Oct 2026 (Annie) — also offer supply during their vacancy | ||||||||||||
18 | 17 | Cornton Baptist Church | Stirling | Scotland | Baptist Union of Scotland | 1 · Active partner | £2,328 (2025) · £1,634 (2026 to 2 Jul) — up ~40% (Tek Ura finance record, Trustee Paper Sept 2026); the export was stale, not the church. Stewardship export: ≈£2,522 (£194/month) | Stirling cluster around it (Youngson £663, Tilly, Caldwell, Love/Alloa) || [Scotland sweep (BUS) · band G · VACANCY — pulpit access now] Mission: none found | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: none found in detail (unconfirmed) | Vacancy: Yes — currently seeking a minister | Size: Small; serves the Cornton estate, an area of higher deprivation adjacent to Stirling || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Relationship built / strengthened → Tier 1: Cornton have been active in supporting fundraising. Excellent relationship with the minister, Hamish; a key church for Tek Ura in Scotland. Move from Tier 2 (CoS pledging/giving) to Tier 1 · Active partner. Add Hamish as the named contact (second-name rule: add one more). Giving £2,328 (2025), £1,634 (2026 to 2 Jul) — up ~40%. Scottish circuit 11 Apr 2027 (with Oban 18 Apr) is the next visit. || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: CORRECTED against the Trustee Paper (Annex F): these gifts continue — the Stewardship export was stale, not the churches. Tek Ura finance record, 2025 / 2026 to 2 Jul: Caton £2,813 / £1,164 (13 gifts a year); West Bridgford £2,638 / £728; Cornton £2,328 / £1,634 (up ~40%); Exwick £2,219 / £1,747 (up ~57%); Pinner £1,397 a year, monthly and unbroken; Sheddingdean, Hill Cliffe, Newington among the 17 smaller regular givers (£12,887 between them in 2025). The paper's instruction: do not quote the workbook's Stewardship column until it is rebuilt from the finance record — replace it with 2025 and 2026-to-date columns from Xhonsila's tracker. | Rev Hamish Wishart; Ross McFarlane || In vacancy — listed on the BUS church vacancies list | C — Low | Dispersal arrivals only | Active partner from Sept 2026: annual visit (Scottish circuit 11 Apr 2027 with Oban); keep Hamish close — key church for Tek Ura in Scotland and active in fundraising || [Scotland sweep] Best approached alongside Stirling Baptist on the same weekend — a large resourced church and a small estate church in the same city, with Tek Ura's poverty-relief and recovery material fitting Cornton and the therapy material fitting Stirling. | Sun 12 Apr 2026 (probable — planner 'Cornton?') | Sun 11 Apr 2027 — annual; Scottish trip with Oban | ||||||||||||
19 | 18 | Caton Baptist Church | Caton, Lancaster | North West | NWBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | £2,813 (2025, 13 gifts) · £1,164 (2026 to 2 Jul) — live and regular (Tek Ura finance record, Trustee Paper Sept 2026); the export's 'Ended Monthly' row was a stale duplicate. Lancaster BC gives separately via the At the Bridge HSBC account | Strong Lancaster-area cluster: Cottam, Henderson, Midwinter, Parker (£1,206), Robinson, Green, Hellyer || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: RESOLVED by the Trustee Paper: Caton gave £2,813 in 2025 across thirteen gifts and £1,164 in 2026 to 2 July — live and regular. The export's 'Ended Monthly' row is a stale duplicate. Index re-scored from 43 to 50 on capacity. Update the giving cell to '£2,813 (2025, 13 gifts) · £1,164 (2026 to 2 Jul)'. Lancaster BC separately gives via the At the Bridge HSBC account. | Andrew Wright; Stephen Talbot | C — Low | Negligible | One Lancaster visit serves church + cluster | — | Sun 22 Aug 2027 — Lancaster circuit (LBC + Caton + 7 donor households) | ||||||||||||
20 | 19 | Lancaster Baptist Church | Lancaster | North West | NWBA | 1 · Active partner | — | CONFIRMED distinct from Caton (register: Lancaster BC, Rev Emilian Cirtina). Your list: mission trips 2023, 2025, 2026 — repeat volunteer sender | Rev Emilian Cirtina | C — Low | Negligible | Lock in the 2027 team; one Lancaster trip covers LBC + Caton + 7 donor households | — | Sun 22 Aug 2027 — same Lancaster circuit | ||||||||||||
21 | 20 | Sandbach Baptist Church | Sandbach, Cheshire | North West | NWBA | 1 · Active partner | £8,014 raised for Tek Ura (Trustee Paper Annex C — invisible to our records and never thanked) + George Hill £15/month. Stewardship export showed only ≈£654 | SANDBACH PUBLICLY NAMES TEK URA as a mission partner on its own website (alongside BMS, Home Mission, Open Doors, Teams4U, Tearfund, Angel Tree). D&A visited 7 June 2026; George & Christine Hill are CoS members || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Trustee Paper (Annex C): Sandbach raised £8,014 for Tek Ura, invisible to our records and never thanked — the ranking shows ≈£654. Update the giving cell to reflect the £8,014 and add a thank-you as the next step (stewardship standard: church thank-yous signed by a trustee). || [7 Sep 2026 · Amy Harper (connection form)] Second name: Heather — travelled together on the 2025 immersive trip. | George & Christine Hill; Heather Carter (second name — travelled with Amy Harper on the 2025 immersive trip) | B — Medium | Manchester orbit | THANK-YOU DUE: a letter signed by a trustee for the £8,014 raised (stewardship standard) — then the annual return ~June 2027; ask the Hills if still in vacancy | Sun 7 June 2026 (D&A) | Sun 6 June 2027 — annual | ||||||||||||
22 | 21 | Comberton Baptist Church | Comberton, Cambridgeshire | East of England | EBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | Rev Keith Tarring gives £30.16/month PERSONALLY | The minister is himself a Tek Ura monthly donor; VCC planner has 'Tek Ura – Comberton?' pencilled for 15 Nov 2026 | Rev Keith Tarring | C — Low | Minimal | Confirm the 15 Nov date with Keith — the warmest cold church on the list | — | PENCILLED Sun 15 Nov 2026 — confirm with Keith Tarring | ||||||||||||
23 | 22 | Sheddingdean Baptist Church | Burgess Hill, West Sussex | South East | SEBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | ≈£2,573 (£213/quarter ongoing) | Active public Tek Ura supporter page || [SEBA sweep · band H · Wider SEBA field] Mission: none found | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: Central to identity — "committed to being a Church of the Community", based on and serving the 1980s Sheddingdean estate, works with other Burgess Hill churches | Vacancy: No | Size: Small — church plant, founded 1999, meets in Sheddingdean Community Primary School | Ann Nunn; Sue Jenkinson; Trevor Beckett | C — Low | Negligible | Proven mid-tier supporter — offer a Sunday || [SEBA sweep] An estate-based church plant meeting in a school with no building of its own — structurally almost identical to Tek Ura's church-planting work in Tirana and Durrës. The church-planting strand of Tek Ura's work, rather than the therapy strand, is the hook here. | — | BOOKED Sun 13 Sept 2026 ('Tek Ura – Sheddingdean') | ||||||||||||
24 | 23 | Friar Lane & Braunstone Baptist Church | Leicester | East Midlands | EMBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | ≈£3,224 (£1,559 to Oct 2025 + £1,665 Jun 2026) | Closer attendees; regular substantial one-offs || [EMBA sweep · band I · Wider EMBA field] Mission: none found | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found published — but the church sits in Braunstone, one of Leicester's most deprived estates, in a city where over half the population is from a minority ethnic background. Unconfirmed. | Community: Mission statement: "Honouring God, encouraging faith in Christ and serving our community." Various activities and groups referenced but not detailed on the site. | Vacancy: No | Size: unconfirmed | Rev Jonathan Grant; Barbara Harris (treasurer) | C — Low | Small Leicester presence | Leicester weekend || [EMBA sweep] A city-estate church whose stated purpose is "serving our community" in an area of real deprivation — Tek Ura's model of practical service in poor urban neighbourhoods in Tirana and Durrës is directly recognisable to them. Publishes almost nothing online, so the relationship has to be built by direct contact. Good candidate for a preaching visit; unlikely to fund a team. | — | Sun 17 Jan 2027 — Leicester circuit weekend | ||||||||||||
25 | 24 | Pinner Baptist Church | Pinner, NW London | London | LB | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | £1,397 a year — monthly and unbroken (Tek Ura finance record, Trustee Paper Sept 2026). Stewardship export: ≈£1,280 (£116.40/month). Hatch End's lapsed £233 monthly gift (ended Nov 2024) now belongs to this merged church | NEW from Stewardship — a London church quietly giving monthly with no relational record in your mail || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] New information: Hatch End Baptist Church has merged with Pinner Baptist Church — the Hatch End links (Lesley Walmsley; the Brentons) now sit here. | Rev Manoj Raithatha (register); Lizzie Thomson (operations); from Hatch End: Lesley Walmsley; David & Anne Brenton (now in Thame) | A — High | NW London — near Harrow/Barnet Albanian communities | Introduce yourselves! Monthly money with no relationship is an open door — now the merged Pinner + Hatch End congregation, so the Walmsley/Brenton links give a warm way in | — never visited despite £116/month | Sun 31 Jan 2027 — NW London day (+ Hatch End); write first | ||||||||||||
26 | 25 | Hill Cliffe Baptist Church | Warrington, Cheshire | North West | NWBA | 1 · Active partner | ≈£1,072 church (£82.45/month ongoing) + Amy Harper £200/month (≈£241 gross with Gift Aid; £2,895 lifetime; last seen 16 Oct 2025 in the export — check it is still running). Among the 17 smaller regular givers in 2025 (Trustee Paper). Young-adult team funded and supported the 2026 summer camp | Amy Harper now Tek Ura trustee || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Relationship built / strengthened → Tier 1: Hill Cliffe sent a group of young adults to support and fund the 2026 summer camp, and are exploring doing so again in 2027. Move from Tier 2 (CoS pledging/giving) to Tier 1 · Active partner — a genuinely two-way relationship: team + funding + Amy Harper (trustee) in its leadership. Next step: confirm the 2027 team early enough to plan camp around it; NW trip 23 May 2027 (Amy hosts) is the natural moment. || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Funding cross-check: sheet says Harper personal £271/month; the export shows Amy Harper £200/month (≈£241 gross with Gift Aid), £2,895 lifetime, last paid 16 Oct 2025. Correct the rate and check the gift is still running. || [7 Sep 2026 · Amy Harper (connection form)] Second name: Debbie Denmade is Mission Deacon. Amy's own church — leadership link, happy to introduce. | Amy Harper (trustee); John Harper (significant contact); Grace Savage (significant contact); Tim Appleton; Debbie Denmade (Mission Deacon — second name, per Amy); Mary Evans (past mission secretary; preaches at Latchford BC) | B — Medium | Manchester orbit | Active partner from Sept 2026: confirm the 2027 young-adult camp team early enough to plan camp around it — the NW trip 23 May 2027 (Amy hosts) is the natural moment | — | Sun 23 May 2027 — Warrington; Amy Harper hosts | ||||||||||||
27 | 26 | Newington Free Church | Ramsgate, Kent | South East | Independent | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | ≈£1,019 (£72.75/month ongoing) | CORRECTED location: Ramsgate (not Edinburgh). Part of a Ramsgate donor cluster (Warren, Johnstone, Plant) | Moira Warren; Phyllis/Doreen Verrall | C — Low | Negligible | A Ramsgate/Thanet visit reaches 4 supporter households + church | — | Apr–May 2027 — Thanet day (church + 3 donor households) | ||||||||||||
28 | 27 | Cornerstone Kings Lynn Baptist Church | King's Lynn, Norfolk | East of England | EBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | £315 (£24.25/month ongoing) | NEW from Stewardship — regular small church gift | Stephen Nash | C — Low | Negligible | Thank-you + story; low-effort sustain | — | PENCILLED Sun 3 Jan 2027 ('Tek Ura – ? Kings Lynn') | ||||||||||||
29 | 28 | Brownhill Road Baptist Church (Rev Armend Qehaja) | Catford, Lewisham, London | London | LBA | 3 · Warm / engaged / lapsed | — | STRATEGIC: Rev ARMEND QEHAJA — an Albanian/Kosovan name on the BUGB accredited register (Mar 2026), and DAN HAS MET HIM. Likely the only Albanian-heritage accredited Baptist minister in the UK. Church is self-described multi-ethnic ('Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas'); supports Lewisham Foodbank | Rev Armend Qehaja | A — High | Lewisham/SE London; the wider London Albanian community is the point, not the borough | Reconnect personally this week — no ask attached. Then explore: Albanian-language preaching and resources, translation, a diaspora bridge, an At the Bridge intern mentor, and a bilingual voice at Tek Ura events | — | Call/email in Aug 2026; London visit alongside the Pinner/Hatch End NW London day (31 Jan 2027) | ||||||||||||
30 | 29 | Trafalgar Road Baptist Church | Horsham, West Sussex | South East | SEBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | £2,057 (2025 — one PayPal gift in January, invisible to Stewardship; Trustee Paper Annex F) · nothing yet in 2026 to 2 Jul. David McCahon £120.62/month personally since May 2025 | CORRECTION (Dan, Aug 2026): Trafalgar Road IS a Council of Supporters church — not a warm prospect. Rev Jonathan White (BUGB register, SEBA). Probable in-church link: Dr David McCahon, Horsham, giving £120.62/month since May 2025. Annual visit already in the planner ("TRBC", 22 Mar 2026). || [SEBA sweep · band B · Existing giver / CoS church] Mission: Publicly names exactly four bodies under "Who We Support": Baptist Home Mission, BMS World Mission, The Leprosy Mission, and Horsham Foodbank. No other named overseas partner appears on the site. | Balkans/E.Europe: none found — Tek Ura does NOT appear anywhere on trbc.info despite the church being a Council of Supporters church. The relationship is invisible on the public site; the McCahon link is therefore person-level, not published. | Disability: none found explicitly, though Crafting Companions and Luncheon Club serve isolated/older people | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: Strong and health/care-flavoured: Luncheon Club, The Hub, Pit Stop, Cafe Connect, Crafting Companions, plus educational classes and support groups; active in Horsham Churches Together | Vacancy: No — Jon White in post | Size: Medium, town-centre congregation (exact figure not found) || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Trustee Paper (Annex F): Trafalgar Road (Horsham) gave £2,057 in 2025 — one PayPal gift in January — invisible to Stewardship. The ranking's giving column has nothing for it. Add the figure; annual visit is pencilled for 21 Mar 2027. | Rev Jonathan White; (confirm David McCahon connection) | C — Low | Negligible | Treat as an existing partner: confirm the annual Sunday with Jonathan White, and thank David McCahon by name. Ask whether TRBC would host or co-fund a Sussex mission-trip team — CoS churches are the natural first pool for the 2026 internship and short-term trip programme. || [SEBA sweep] Already a Council of Supporters church with a probable in-church link via Dr David McCahon, but the partnership is entirely absent from the website — the immediate ask is to convert an informal relationship into a named, published mission partnership alongside BMS and Leprosy Mission, with a preaching date and a Tek Ura page on trbc.info. The Leprosy Mission slot shows the church already funds a medical/rehabilitation cause, which is the exact category Tek Ura's physiotherapy and rehab work occupies. | Sun 22 Mar 2026 (planner 'TRBC' — confirm) | Sun 21 Mar 2027 — annual (planner "TRBC" 22 Mar 2026) | ||||||||||||
31 | 30 | Haddenham cum Dinton Baptist Church | Haddenham, Buckinghamshire | South East | CBA | 3 · Warm / engaged / lapsed | — | Added at Dan's request. CBA church (your association), Rev Jonathan Fillis (register); ~8 miles from Thame — sits naturally beside Cornerstone Thame (PVL vacancy + the Brentons) | Rev Jonathan Fillis | C — Low | Negligible | CBA colleague approach; combine with a Thame visit — one trip, two churches and the Brentons | — | Sun 8 Aug 2027 — pair with Cornerstone Thame trip | ||||||||||||
32 | 31 | Chipping Campden Baptist Church | Chipping Campden, Glos | South West | SCBA | 5 · Cold prospect | (lapsed — dropped off, per Dan) | Former CoS pledge church (Ibberson era, £1,750); has DROPPED OFF; new minister Phil Deller holds your materials (Mar 2026) || [SCBA sweep · band B · Balkans & E. Europe link] Mission: The charity's registered objects explicitly include "Planting new churches; Reaching the nations". No named overseas partners are published on the current website — this is a gap worth probing directly, since the money and the stated intent are both there | Balkans/E.Europe: Yes for Eastern Europe — the church runs a "Campden Ukraine Hub" from its High Street building, listed alongside Foodbank, Breakfast Buddies and Baby & You as one of its four weekly community ministries. No Albanian link found | Disability: Two strands. Anna Chaplaincy since 2019 — Karen Olorenshaw (long-term nursing background) works mainly at Mill House care home, offering coffee mornings in the residents' lounge and one-to-one visits to bed-bound residents using tactile conversation prompts (life-like baby doll, picture books, chocolates, simple prayers), with a team of Anna Friends and occasional "Vintage Messy Church" sessions — this is essentially sensory-based pastoral care for frail older people. Separately, Insight Gloucestershire (sight loss charity) holds appointments at The Meeting Place on the first Monday of each month | Migrant/multi-ethnic: The Ukraine Hub is the only migrant-facing work found | Community: Weekly Foodbank (Fridays 12:30-1:30pm, part of North Cotswold Foodbank, in partnership with Citizens Advice); Campden Ukraine Hub; Breakfast Buddies; Baby & You (free group for new parents and babies under 9 months, Tuesdays, open to expectant mothers and grandparents); The Meeting Place (welcome and refreshments, 1st/3rd/5th Mondays); Renew Campden (a Renew Wellbeing space); Living Waters (monthly midweek worship and reflection); Campden Money Management Course (free online budgeting course run in response to the cost-of-living crisis, delivered by Martin Pleasance); Alpha (50+ courses run); weddings | Vacancy: No | Size: Charity 1131767. Income £307,158 (y/e 31 Dec 2024), spend £301,566; income has nearly doubled since 2016 (£165,698) and peaked at £338,929 in 2023. 7 trustees, 150 volunteers in 2024 (up from 100). Outgrew its High Street building three times and moved the morning service in 2009 to Chipping Campden School, "the largest venue in town". Planted two Baptist churches — Shipston-on-Stour (1999, now Stour Valley Baptist Church) and Bidford-on-Avon (2005). Evening service paused from 28 June 2026 in favour of monthly "Sunday Night specials". Clearly one of the larger and most resourced churches in this report relative to its town || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Relationship ended / cooled: Chipping Campden is a cold connection for now. Moved from Tier 3 to Tier 5 · Cold prospect; parked. | Rev Phil Deller | C — Low | Negligible | PARKED (Dan, 7 Sep 2026): a cold connection for now — no win-back letter or visit until Dan says otherwise. Earlier thinking kept for later: win-back visit with the new minister; the Anna Chaplain's sensory pastoral work and the Ukraine Hub are the two conversation-openers; charity objects already say "reaching the nations" with no named overseas partner. | — (lapsed since Ibberson era) | None planned — cold connection for now (Dan, 7 Sep 2026) | ||||||||||||
33 | 32 | Brixworth Community Church | Brixworth, Northants | East Midlands | Independent | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | £759 + Lloyd-Williams/Daish personal | One-off gifts through the year | Andy Lloyd-Williams; Mark Palmer | C — Low | Negligible | Invite to 10K campaign | — | Sun 13 Dec 2026 — Northants | ||||||||||||
34 | 33 | Wirral Prayer Group | Wirral, Merseyside | North West | — | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | Jardine-Smith £97/month ongoing | Monthly Albania-specific prayer meeting | Margaret Jardine Smith | B — Medium | Liverpool/Manchester orbit | Monthly prayer points; adopt a 2027 trip | — | Weekday prayer meeting, May 2027 — alongside the NW trip | ||||||||||||
35 | 34 | New Life Church Llanfair | Llanfair Caereinion, near Welshpool, Powys | Mid Wales | Independent | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | ≈£944 via Huw Ellis through the fundraising pages (He Pitched His Tent / Tek Ura's page, Dec 2022); no church-named gift in the export. (The 2023 sheet said £750 via Stewardship) | RESOLVED (Dan, Aug 2026): this is NEW LIFE CHURCH, WELSHPOOL — specifically New Life Church Llanfair, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys. Joint leaders HUW AND JEAN ELLIS (with Phil and Katie Langford; Katie is safeguarding lead), which matches the Huw & Jean Ellis who attended Closer. £750 recorded via Stewardship (2023 sheet). No denominational affiliation and NO mission partners named on their site — the overseas slot is completely open. Contact: newlifechurchllanfair@gmail.com / 07962 223124. || [Wales sweep · band A · EXISTING PARTNER — names Tek Ura] Mission: Named partners page lists exactly six: Impact Schools Team, TLG Early Intervention, SU Cymru, TEK URA, Alpha, Thirtyone:eight | Balkans/E.Europe: CONFIRMED AND EXPLICIT. Tek Ura is a named partner on the church's own Partnerships page, described as "a charity in Albania, who support refugees and the underpriveleged." Church states it partners with, prays for and financially supports Tek Ura. Also attended a Tek Ura event. | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: Children's and youth work funded through Huw's Impact Schools role; JAM Summer Camp (Aug); TLG Early Intervention mentoring in local schools | Vacancy: No — settled joint lay leadership | Size: Small independent community church, size not published — unconfirmed, likely 30-60 || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Funding cross-check: sheet says £750 via Stewardship (2023 sheet). The export records Huw Ellis £944 through the fundraising pages (He Pitched His Tent / Tek Ura's page, Dec 2022) and no church-named gift. Change to ≈£944 via Huw Ellis (fundraising pages, 2022). | Huw and Jean Ellis (joint leaders); Phil and Katie Langford | C — Low | Mid Wales — negligible Albanian population; this is a relationship-led link, not a diaspora one. | Write to Huw and Jean directly — they came to Closer, they already give, and their church names no other overseas partner at all. Ask for a Sunday and offer to make Tek Ura their named international partner. Worth pairing with a wider Mid Wales/Powys day (Welshpool, Newtown, Llandrindod) since it is a long trip from Marston Moretaine. || [Wales sweep] This is the warmest door in Wales — Tek Ura is already a published partner, not just a donor. Ask Huw and Jean for a Sunday, and use them as the referring voice into Welshpool Baptist, Newtown and the wider Montgomeryshire cluster. Their Impact/TLG schools-mentoring instinct maps directly onto Tek Ura's disability and education work. | — | Window spring 2027 — Mid Wales day built around Welshpool | ||||||||||||
36 | 35 | Shirley Baptist Church | Solihull, West Midlands | West Midlands | HEBA | 1 · Active partner | — | Circulated Albania trip + intern role; summer Zoom list || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Relationship built / strengthened → Tier 1: Shirley hosted Matilda Dule (Team Leader) after the Tek Ura 10 celebrations in Feb 2026. Minister Mat Wilson and his wife served in Albania and are friends. Visit booked for Sun 18 Apr 2027. || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Approved: Tier 1 stands (confirmed by Dan 7 Sep 2026). | Rev Mat Wilson and his wife — served in Albania; friends of Dan & Annie | B — Medium | Birmingham metro | BOOKED Sun 18 Apr 2027: use the day to agree a named team lead for a 2027 trip and open the partnership/giving conversation — Mat and his wife's Albania experience makes this a peer partnership. Tier moved 3 → 1 on hosting Matilda + booked visit + friendship (listed as a strategic partner in the trustee workbook) — confirmed by Dan 7 Sep 2026. | — | Sun 18 Apr 2027 — BOOKED (overrides the Oban proposal for that date) | ||||||||||||
37 | 36 | Robert Hall Memorial Baptist Church | Leicester | East Midlands | EMBA | 2 · CoS pledging/giving | ≈£970 (£630 + £339 Jun 2026) | CoS MEMBER (per Dan); fundraising participation; Christine Smith gives monthly personally || [EMBA sweep · band A · EXISTING WARM LINK] Mission: Links page names BMS World Mission as the church's mission body, alongside Baptist Union, East Midlands Baptist Association, Leicester Street Pastors and rejesus.co.uk. No individual mission partner or country is named. | Balkans/E.Europe: Tek Ura does NOT appear anywhere on rhmbc.org.uk — not on the homepage, Who We Are, Links or Project 26 pages (Project 26 is live in the menu but carries the text "Project 26 currently has no content"). The Council of Supporters relationship is entirely invisible publicly — unconfirmed on their side. The BMS listing is the only latent Albania hook (Tek Ura's director was sent to Albania with BMS by Church from Scratch). | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: No programme named, but the trustee body is visibly multi-ethnic (Tope Ogundeyi, Zion Ishola Okanlawan among six trustees) and the church sits on Narborough Road, repeatedly cited as one of the most ethnically diverse streets in Britain. Unconfirmed as formal ministry. | Community: "Meet & Eat", Thursday Club, room hire, Leicester Street Pastors link. Descriptions are not published. | Vacancy: No — Hannah Colk in post | Size: Small. Charity Commission (y/e 31 Dec 2024) total income £28,818, expenditure £22,104; 6 trustees. Charity 1208610 (CC ref 5233237). | Rev Hannah Colk; Christine Smith | C — Low | Small Leicester presence | Leicester weekend || [EMBA sweep] Already on Tek Ura's Council of Supporters but publishing nothing about it — the low-cost win is a Sunday preach plus getting Tek Ura named on their Links page next to BMS World Mission, and filling the empty "Project 26" page with the partnership. Their BMS affiliation is the natural bridge to Dan Dupree's BMS-Albania sending story. Too small to send a team alone (£29k income), but ideal as a story-telling and prayer base, and their Narborough Road location makes them the obvious host for any Leicester-wide Albania/Balkans event. | — | Sun 17 Jan 2027 — Leicester circuit weekend | ||||||||||||
38 | 37 | Queensberry Baptist Church | Nottingham | East Midlands | EMBA | 1 · Active partner | Supports Tek Ura (figure to confirm from Xhonsila's tracker) and has been significant in VCC's community meal, The Table — per Dan, Sept 2026 | *** ACTIVE PARTNER (Dan, Aug 2026). *** Upgraded from warm/lapsed. Rev Claire Roberts (ordained and inducted Sept 2021). Invited Tek Ura into an INTERN ROLE in Oct 2025 — i.e. the relationship is already operational, not aspirational, and connects directly to the At the Bridge internship programme launching 2026. Annie has an annual Sunday here (last 19 July 2026). NOTE the EMBA sweep found Tek Ura appears NOWHERE on qbc.org.uk and the only named overseas initiative is Operation Christmas Child — so a live partnership is going unpublished, exactly as at Whetstone and Robert Hall Memorial. Congregation described as "diverse, of all ages and of many nationalities" — Old Basford, north Nottingham. || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Relationship built / strengthened: Queensberry have supported both Tek Ura and VCC — significant in VCC's community meal (The Table). Annie preached there this year (19 July 2026). Sally Lees and Dick Prior have a long-standing connection with Dan & Annie. | Rev Claire Roberts; Sally Lees and Dick Prior (long-standing connection with Dan & Annie) | B — Medium | Modest, growing community | Ask Claire Roberts to name Tek Ura publicly on the church website alongside Operation Christmas Child, and firm up the intern placement. Nottingham is a band-B Albanian city with NO Albanian congregation of any kind — pair Queensberry with West Bridgford and Mansfield Road for a Nottingham diaspora weekend. | Sun 19 July 2026 (Annie) | Sun 18 July 2027 — annual | ||||||||||||
39 | 38 | New River Baptist Church | Canonbury, Islington, London | London | LB | 1 · Active partner | £2,358 (2025 — February and December) · nothing in 2026 to 2 Jul: the missed February gift is a retention action (Trustee Paper Annex F). Robin Plummer £457 personal; £1,200 church pledge on the 2023 sheet | *** ACTIVE PARTNER (Dan, Aug 2026). *** Upgraded from warm/lapsed. Rev Robin Plummer (accredited, London Baptists — confirmed on the March 2026 register at New River Baptist Church, Canonbury). Dan and Annie led the service in March 2025; Robin Plummer gives £457 personally; a church pledge of £1,200 appears on the 2023 sheet. Islington sits directly alongside the highest-density Albanian areas in the UK — the ONLY active partner Tek Ura has inside band A. || [7 Sep 2026 · Funding check] Giving changed: Trustee Paper (Annex F): New River gave £2,358 in 2025 (February and December) — the ranking shows only 'Plummer personal £457'. Nothing in February 2026, which the paper calls a real miss. Update the giving cell and treat the missed February gift as a retention action. || [7 Sep 2026 · Amy Harper (connection form)] Robin Plummer was on the immersive trip with Amy — a second Tek Ura relationship into the church. || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] New information: New River hosted a Tek Ura team following the Tek Ura 10 ‘Closer’ celebrations in Feb 2026. | Rev Robin Plummer; Felicia Luvumba (admin) | A — High | Islington adjoins core Albanian areas | RETENTION: gently chase the missed February 2026 gift and re-confirm the £1,200 church pledge; get Tek Ura named on the church website. Then use New River as the London base for the diaspora conversation: it is the one active partner sitting in the middle of the UK's largest Albanian population, and the natural host for any Albanian-language or diaspora-facing initiative in London. | Sun 2 Mar 2025 (D&A led service) | Window spring 2027 — London/diaspora day with Robin | ||||||||||||
40 | 39 | Hatch End Baptist Church (merged into Pinner BC) | Hatch End, Harrow, London | London | LB | 3 · Warm / engaged / lapsed | £233 (monthly gift ENDED Nov 2024) | Church name now confirmed; Brentons give strongly personally (£1,447+, ongoing, now in Thame) || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] New information: Hatch End Baptist Church has merged with Pinner Baptist Church. Treat as one church from now — see Pinner (rank 24). | Lesley Walmsley; David & Anne Brenton | A — High | NW London Albanian communities | MERGED into Pinner Baptist Church (Dan, 7 Sep 2026) — pursue through Pinner (row 24). Carry the Walmsley / Brenton links across; the lapsed £233 monthly gift becomes part of the Pinner conversation | — | Via Pinner — Sun 31 Jan 2027 NW London day (merged congregation) | ||||||||||||
41 | 40 | West Malling Baptist Church | West Malling, Kent | South East | SEBA | 5 · Cold prospect | £1,436 (one-off Sep 2023) — ENDED | *** NO LONGER A PARTNER CHURCH (Dan, Aug 2026). *** Do not describe West Malling as a partner, supporter or Council of Supporters church in any letter, report or presentation. The single £1,436 gift of Sep 2023 was not the start of a relationship and has not been repeated. Consistent with this, the SEBA sweep found NO mission partners page on wmbc.org.uk and no mention of Tek Ura anywhere on the site. Any residual Kent giving near West Malling is the Morse-Wolfe household (Larkfield), which is a personal gift and separate from the church. || NEW from Stewardship — a serious 2023 gift with no follow-up; Morse-Wolfe household (Larkfield) nearby gives monthly || [SEBA sweep · band B · Existing giver / CoS church] Mission: none found publicly. The website has no mission partners page and no named overseas partners anywhere on the public site | Balkans/E.Europe: none found on the website. Tek Ura does NOT appear anywhere on wmbc.org.uk — the recorded giving is not publicly reflected. Their overseas giving appears to be entirely unpublicised | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: Strong local/social focus — CAP Money, CAP Life Skills ("practical ways of managing money, dealing with life's pressures"), The Bereavement Journey, Pop-In fellowship, coffee mornings, Let's Do Lunch, house groups. Member of Churches Together in Malling (CTiM) | Vacancy: No | Size: Small to medium — no staff list published; single-minister church (unconfirmed) | Rev David Baxter (register); Christopher Cornwall (treasurer) | C — Low | Dispersed Kent communities | Treat as a cold prospect, not a lapsed partner — no thank-you or restart letter. If approached at all, go via Tonbridge (12 minutes away, and Tek Ura's strongest church partnership) rather than on the strength of the 2023 gift. Their CAP Money, CAP Life Skills and Bereavement Journey programmes are the honest hook: a church that invests in structured, practical, life-rebuilding work, which is the language of Tek Ura's recovery and employment programmes. | — | Window summer 2027 — Kent loop; lapsed-donor letter first | ||||||||||||
42 | 41 | Fullers Hill Church (Westerham) | Westerham, Kent | South East | Independent (SE London / Kent border) | 1 · Active partner | £291 church (Dec 2025) + Philip Sutton £1,206 (Westerham household) + Herbertpur Trust £5,000 (recent — per Dan, Sept 2026) | RESOLVED (Dan, Aug 2026): this IS Rev Andrew Jones's church — the "church near Biggin Hill that is keen to support Tek Ura" and Fullers Hill are the same place. Andrew Jones is a Tek Ura AND At the Bridge trustee, so Tek Ura already has an in-house advocate in the membership. Church gives £291 (Dec 2025); the Sutton household in Westerham gives a further £1,206. Nicholas Robson also named in earlier notes. || [2026-09-07 · Dan] Visit: Andrew Jones preaching for Tek Ura at Fullers Hill, Sun 13 Sept 2026. || [7 Sep 2026 · Dan] Giving changed: an individual at Fullers Hill recently gave £5,000; Andrew Jones (trustee) is based there. || [8 Sep 2026 · Dan] Giving changed: the recent £5,000 gift at Fullers Hill came from the Herbertpur Trust. | Rev Andrew Jones (Tek Ura & At the Bridge trustee — based here); Nicholas Robson; Philip Sutton (donor household); Herbertpur Trust (£5,000 gift, Sept 2026) | C — Low | Negligible | Ask Andrew directly for a Sunday date — he is the trustee, so this is an internal conversation, not a cold approach. Bundle the Sutton household into the same Westerham day. Then use Fullers Hill as the anchor for the wider Westerham/Sevenoaks/Biggin Hill cluster (Vine BC Sevenoaks is minutes away). | — | Sun 13 Sept 2026 — BOOKED: Andrew Jones preaching for Tek Ura. Westerham day (Sutton household + Vine BC Sevenoaks) still to schedule. | ||||||||||||
43 | 42 | Plume Avenue URC | Colchester, Essex | East of England | URC | 3 · Warm / engaged / lapsed | £194 (2020, lapsed) | Fundraising-page gift; Colchester donors exist (Rees, Ball, Cox) | (via fundraising page) | C — Low | Small Essex presence | Low priority; note for any Colchester trip | — | No visit planned — note for any Colchester trip | ||||||||||||
44 | 43 | Church from Scratch (CFS) | Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex | East of England | Baptist network | 3 · Warm / engaged / lapsed | Dominey gifts £140 (LAPSED, per Dan) | CORRECTED: CFS is Peter Dominey's Essex church-planting community (not Bristol) — your BMS sending community, now lapsed | Peter Dominey | B — Medium | Essex fringe of E London | Sending-community win-back: the At the Bridge internship story is the natural re-entry | — | Letter first (win-back); visit only if invited | ||||||||||||
45 | 44 | Oban Baptist Church | Oban, Argyll | Scotland | Baptist Union of Scotland | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | PERSONAL: close friends and a previous Albania collaborator are in the membership (per Dan); their BMS missionary link has JUST finished — an orphaned mission budget and prayer rhythm looking for a home || [Scotland sweep (BUS) · band A · ANCHOR — Albanian members] Mission: IMPORTANT CORRECTION TO BRIEF — the church's own mission page ("The Mission of OBC") lists NO overseas mission partners, no BMS link, no overseas giving at all. It is 100% local/community focused. Separately, OBC hosted "An Evening with Wit and Helen at Albany", 7 Aug 2026, 6pm. Confirmed as Helen and Withaya ("Wit") Boondeekhun, BMS World Mission workers in Thailand (Bangkok, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Wang Daeng), who are on a UK deputation itinerary in summer 2026. BMS states they remain ACTIVELY SERVING in Thailand — so the BMS relationship appears LIVE, not ended. The brief's premise that "their BMS link has recently ended" is NOT corroborated by public sources; what IS corroborated is that OBC has no standing named overseas mission partner on its public materials. Treat "slot is open" as plausible but unconfirmed | Balkans/E.Europe: none found. No Albanian, Kosovan or Balkans reference anywhere on the OBC website, BUS coverage, OSCR record, or local news. The Albanian-connected members named in the brief are NOT identifiable from any public source — they will have to be confirmed by Tek Ura's own contacts | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: Substantial for church size — Noah's Ark Toddler Group (3 sessions weekly); School Uniform Swap (free uniforms across Oban and Lorn, hundreds of items redistributed, poverty-relief); High School chaplaincy; Youth Alpha (~20 young people); lunchtime Bible study in the high school; Alpha for young mothers (2 baptisms, more courses planned 2026); "Mini Missional Communities" (2025 pioneering year); Men's Ministry; "Faith in the Forest" with Kilchaon Estate. Major capital project: demolition of the 1903 building approved, replacement community hub designed by Raymond Angus of Angus Design Architects, planning consent granted, fundraising underway, "2025 and beyond" | Vacancy: No — Stuart Lawson in post | Size: Not published. OSCR records 2 full-time staff and 1-50 volunteers. Single Sunday service 10:30am at Albany Street. Diaconate of 6. Judged small-to-mid (roughly 60-120 attenders) — unconfirmed | (via Dan & Annie's friends in membership) || Rev Stuart Lawson (also Oban High School Chaplain since 2016; writes "Thought For The Week" for West Coast Today) | C — Low | Dispersal arrivals only; Oban is remote | Warm intro NOW while the BMS gap is fresh: ask your friends to propose a Tek Ura Sunday; pairs with Cornton for a Scottish circuit || [Scotland sweep] The single best target in the area. OBC has real missional energy but a genuinely empty named overseas-partner slot, an explicit charitable purpose covering "relief of poverty and other social needs", and a rota that already includes designated "Guest Speaker" Sundays — so a preaching invitation is structurally easy. Their poverty-relief instinct (uniform swap), youth/chaplaincy work and Alpha culture map directly onto Tek Ura's employment support and rehabilitation work. Approach through the Albanian-linked members Tek Ura already knows, and through Sue Hamilton or Ruth Gatward (Mission is one of the named deacon "champion" areas). Time any ask carefully around the Boondeekhun visit — do not assume BMS is finished. Note the building project will absorb money for years, so pitch prayer, preaching and a team rather than a large financial ask. Oban clusters naturally with Lochgilphead, Dunoon/Cowal and Fort William on one west-coast run | — | Date TBC — 18 Apr 2027 overridden by the Shirley booking (Dan, 8 Sep 2026); re-plan the Scottish trip around Cornton on 11 Apr; friends to propose | ||||||||||||
46 | 45 | Bluntisham Baptist Church | Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire | East of England | EBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Historic Albania teams; Nick Hudson link; letter drafted | Rev Simon Harry | C — Low | Negligible | Send the letter | — | Sun 15 Aug 2027 — after the letter lands | ||||||||||||
47 | 46 | Rugby Baptist Church | Rugby, Warwickshire | West Midlands | HEBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Cluster with Dunchurch | Rev David Fleming | B — Medium | Coventry orbit | Via Alistair Jones | — | Window Nov 2026 — same weekend as Dunchurch (1 Nov), via Alistair | ||||||||||||
48 | 47 | Desborough Baptist Church | Desborough, Northants | East Midlands | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | CBA church; BMS culture (Boondeekhuns) | Rev Nicholas Cook | C — Low | Negligible | CBA Mission Innovator visit | — | Window spring 2027 — CBA visit, Albania second | ||||||||||||
49 | 48 | Thrapston Baptist Church | Thrapston, Northants | East Midlands | CBA (check) | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Helen Boondeekhun's former church | (via Boondeekhuns) | C — Low | Negligible | Ask Helen/Wit | — | Via Boondeekhun introduction — no date yet | ||||||||||||
50 | 49 | St John's Church, Hensingham | Whitehaven, Cumbria | North West | Church of England | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | AEM link via Fiona Earnest | Fiona Earnest | C — Low | Negligible | AEM overlap conversation | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
51 | 50 | Banbury Evangelical Free Church | Banbury, Oxfordshire | South East | Independent | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | AEM listed supporter | (via AEM) | C — Low | Negligible | AEM-network conversation | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
52 | 51 | Alfred Place Baptist Church | Aberystwyth, Wales | Wales | Independent evangelical | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Historic AEM connection (Gjirokastër) || [Wales sweep · band B · Albania / Balkans history] Mission: Yes, Albania-specific and long-running | Balkans/E.Europe: The only confirmed Albanian link in Welsh Baptist churches — an established relationship with the Albanian Evangelical Mission, centred on Gjirokaster in southern Albania near the Greek border, where Geoff and Shirley Townsend work with pastor Shaun Thompson; church leaders visit; Trevor Baker coordinates AEM activity; a church figure spoke at an Albanian Evangelical Mission conference in Tirana co-hosted with John MacArthur's Shepherds' Conference | Disability: none found | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: none found | Vacancy: unconfirmed | Size: Medium university-town congregation | (via AEM — Trevor Baker) | C — Low | 715 Albania-born in Wales | Peer relationship || [Wales sweep] The single most Albania-literate Baptist congregation in Wales. They already know Gjirokaster, the Albanian Evangelical Mission and the Tirana conference circuit, so Dan needs no background explanation — and their AEM contacts are a warm introduction into the Albanian evangelical network that would strengthen Tek Ura's South Wales pitch elsewhere. Note the published material is dated; confirm the link is still live before travelling. | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
53 | 52 | Milton Keynes Christian Centre | Milton Keynes | South East | Independent | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Albania trips 2023–24; Shkëndijë project | (confirm) | C — Low | Negligible | Trip collaboration | — | Window early 2027 — MK day with New Life MK | ||||||||||||
54 | 53 | Trinity Dalneigh Church | Inverness, Scotland | Scotland | Church of Scotland | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Albania child sponsorship (Adopt-A-Child) | (confirm) | C — Low | Negligible | Scottish reach | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
55 | 54 | Enjoy Church | Portishead, Bristol (corrected — not Basingstoke) | South East | Independent | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | Albania work since 2023 (Sarandë focus via Richard Welch); EXPLORING TIRANA PARTNERSHIPS; next trip May 2026 | Began Albania mission 2023 | (confirm) | C — Low | They are looking for a Tirana partner right now — contact Pastor Chris before the May 2026 trip planning closes | Early-stage connect | — | Sun 2 May 2027 — West Country trip; Zoom with Pastor Chris NOW | ||||||||||||
56 | 55 | Salt & Light / Advance Churches | South West England | South West | Network | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | Albania trip 2024 | (confirm) | C — Low | Negligible | Network conversation | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
57 | 56 | Counterslip Baptist Church | Bristol | South West | WEBNet | 5 · Cold prospect | — | BMS culture; WEBNet gateway | — | B — Medium | Modest Bristol community | WEBNet/BMS angle | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
58 | 57 | Wolston Baptist Church | Wolston, Warwickshire | West Midlands | HEBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Cluster member; possible vacancy | (via cluster) | B — Medium | Coventry orbit | Cluster invitation | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
59 | 58 | Daventry Baptist Church | Daventry, Northants | East Midlands | HEBA/CBA border | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Cluster member | (via cluster) | C — Low | Negligible | Cluster invitation | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
60 | 59 | Widcombe Baptist Church | Bath | South West | Independent Baptist | 5 · Cold prospect | — | BMS-active; pioneering culture | — | C — Low | Negligible | BMS angle | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
61 | 60 | Breathe Community Church | Portsmouth (verify — register: Penzance) | South East | (confirm) | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Identity needs verifying | — | C — Low | Negligible | Verify first | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
62 | 61 | Altrincham Baptist Church | Altrincham, Greater Manchester | North West | NWBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | BMS-giving; community mission || [7 Sep 2026 · Amy Harper (connection form)] Knows of them — mutual friends there. Introduce? Amy not sure. | — | B — Medium | Greater Manchester | Density+mission NW push | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
63 | 62 | Amersham Baptist Church | Amersham, Buckinghamshire | South East | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | CBA member (see CBA sheet) | — | C — Low | Negligible | CBA introduction | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
64 | 63 | Farnham Baptist Church | Farnham, Surrey | South East | SCBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Mission giving reputation || [SEBA sweep · band H · Wider SEBA field] Mission: Stated commitment to "making him known in Farnham and around the world"; no named partners published | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: Partial — the church maintains a dedicated "Depressive Illness" support section, an unusual and explicit mental-health provision | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found | Community: Growth Groups; full age-range ministries from babies to senior citizens; linked to Farnham Christian Community Trust | Vacancy: No | Size: Medium-to-large, staff team, active in Churches Together in Farnham | — | C — Low | Negligible | Prospect letter || [SEBA sweep] One of the very few churches in the region to publish dedicated mental-health support — a congregation already willing to name illness and disability from the front. Graham Culver is a Churches Together figure in Farnham, so a visit could reach beyond the Baptist congregation. | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
65 | 64 | Skipton Baptist Church | Skipton, North Yorkshire | Yorkshire | YBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | BMS historical link | — | C — Low | Negligible | Prospect letter | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
66 | 65 | Coventry Baptist Church | Coventry | West Midlands | HEBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Urban mission; BMS history | — | B — Medium | Coventry orbit | Pair with cluster push | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
67 | 66 | Eastbourne Baptist Church | Eastbourne | South East | SEBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | South coast; BMS engaged | — | C — Low | Negligible | Prospect letter | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
68 | 67 | Colchester Baptist Church | Colchester, Essex | East of England | EBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Mission active; Colchester donor pocket exists | — | C — Low | Small Essex presence | Pair with Leigh Road story | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
69 | 68 | St Andrew's Baptist Church | Cambridge | East of England | EBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | University town; global mission culture | — | C — Low | Minimal | Cambridgeshire push | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
70 | 69 | Carey Baptist Church | Reading | South East | SCBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | Strong mission giving | — | C — Low | Negligible | Pair with Wokingham | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
71 | 70 | Mutley Baptist Church | Plymouth | South West | SWeBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | BMS history || [SWeBA sweep · band D · Recovery, employment, urban poverty] Mission: none found published | Balkans/E.Europe: none found | Disability: No named programme, but strong stated inclusion — member of the Inclusive Church Network, values framed as "lovingly inclusive," commits to "challenge discrimination; value everyone and are accessible to all," and states "we especially care for and welcome those who have been marginalised" | Migrant/multi-ethnic: none found published. Note the Plymouth charity Students and Refugees Together (START) operates in the same area — no confirmed Mutley link (unconfirmed) | Community: Lighthouse Cafe; pre-school and weekday children's provision; youth and families groups; Mutley Greenbank Trust connection; Ecochurch Bronze | Vacancy: No — Nick Lear was on sabbatical June to August (pulpit supply need during that window, now likely passed) | Size: Large — historic city-centre church, paid staff, leadership team of nine | — | C — Low | Negligible | Prospect letter || [SWeBA sweep] The largest Baptist pulpit in Plymouth and an Inclusive Church member with no published overseas portfolio — meaning there is an open slot rather than competition. Pitch on inclusion and disability justice language, which matches their stated values precisely. Anchor for a Plymouth Sunday with Devonport, Hope and Hooe. | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
72 | 71 | Jesmond Baptist Church | Newcastle | North East | NBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | NE mission hub | — | C — Low | Negligible | Prospect letter | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
73 | 72 | Tyndale Baptist Church | Bristol | South West | WEBNet | 5 · Cold prospect | — | BMS active; pioneer friendly | — | B — Medium | Modest Bristol community | One Bristol visit with Counterslip | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
74 | 73 | Albanian Evangelical Church London | London (various) | London | Diaspora congregation | 6 · Diaspora entry point | — | Bridge to UK-Albanian community; VCC/At the Bridge internship potential | (research contact) | A — High | Core of the UK Albanian community | Worship with them first; explore shared internships | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
75 | 74 | Albanian Orthodox communities | London, Manchester, Birmingham | Multiple | Orthodox | 6 · Diaspora entry point | — | Awareness-building possible | (research contact) | A — High | Mirrors main diaspora centres | Goodwill, not partnership asks | — | No visit yet — letter/network approach first (see Approach Plan) | ||||||||||||
76 | 75 | Stopsley Baptist Church | Luton (Beds) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · Albania link] Mission: Radstock Ministries network — Cambodia, MENA, refugee work | Balkans/Albania: YES, STRONGEST: Artur & Noku in BERAT, ALBANIA; Paulini & Violeta (Kosovo); Shekelzen & Klodi (Gostivar, Macedonia); a Balkans-wide mentoring role | Disability: none found | Vacancy: No | Size: 200+ members, ~300 Sunday | Alex Davie (Senior); Jo Bird, Director of Global Ministries | B — Medium | Watford / Luton / NW-London fringe | THE standout CBA find. Write to Jo Bird (Global Ministries Director) and anchor on Artur & Noku in Berat — same country, same Balkans instinct, dedicated global budget and a track record of sending people | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
77 | 76 | Walsworth Road Baptist Church | Hitchin (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · Albania link] Mission: Tur'an Baptist Church, Nazareth (formal twinning); Tools With A Mission | Balkans/Albania: YES: funded the REBUILD of Lajmi i Mirë Baptist Church, Lezhë (2018 gift day); Harold & Barbara Liberty ~20-year link; Harold preached IN ALBANIAN 2022 and returned Sept 2024 for the Lezha youth camp | Disability: none found (Renew 2-9 is wellbeing) | Vacancy: No | Size: charity 1155718; Renew 2-9 wellbeing space | Rev Andrew Henton Pusey | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Approach Rev Pusey AND Harold & Barbara Liberty together — Tek Ura extends a story they already own; they have given money to build an Albanian Baptist church | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
78 | 77 | Christchurch Baptist | Welwyn Garden City (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · Albania link] Mission: Six named partner units incl. Latin Link, BMS EQUIP Nepal, Uganda, Peru, Ecuador; each has a named congregational link person | Balkans/Albania: YES: Beni, Irma, Sammy & Sibora Xhako, TIRANA — SELAH worship ministry training church musicians across the Balkans | Disability: Parish Nurse post (health + mental + spiritual) | Vacancy: No | Size: 270 adults + 70 under-18s — largest researched; two sites | Rev Andrew Hemmens; Louis Hager | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Biggest single platform in the county with an Albania-shaped hole already in the mission calendar; the Parish Nurse role signals real interest in health-and-faith work like the rehab clinics | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
79 | 78 | Ramridge Baptist Church | Luton (Beds) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · Balkans] Mission: BMS — Wit & Helen Boondeekhun (Thailand) | Balkans/Albania: YES (adjacent): formally TWINNED with a Baptist church in VARNA, BULGARIA (Pastor Alex Grozev); teams sent Easter 2016 and Oct 2019; formerly funded the Burzitsa orphanage | Disability: none found | Vacancy: No | Size: not stated | unknown (Barry Brown & Kirk Dumpleton lead) | B — Medium | Watford / Luton / NW-London fringe | A live post-communist Eastern European twinning with two teams already sent — their own page says they hope to 'find many ways to collaborate'; pitch Albania as the natural next step | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
80 | 79 | Hockliffe Street Baptist Church | Leighton Buzzard (Beds) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · E.Europe] Mission: Sent workers to Tanzania, Zambia, Africa; agencies BMS, Tearfund, World Vision, MAF, Welcome Churches | Balkans/Albania: Danny & Sarah Ispas — Community Action ROMANIA; Ukrainian refugee work via Welcome Churches | Disability: none found | Vacancy: YES | Size: large staff/deacon team | VACANCY since end 2023; John Hardaker (Outreach elder) | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Serious sending church, in vacancy and needing preachers — approach John Hardaker: a Sunday solves their pulpit need and opens the mission conversation at once | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
81 | 80 | Seer Green Baptist Church | Seer Green (Bucks) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · E.Europe] Mission: Seer Ministries — Word for Today in ROMANIA; Ukraine work with Sunny Ministries | Balkans/Albania: Eastern Europe yes; Albania none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: No | Size: small, ageing rural congregation | Louise Gilbertson, part-time Minister & Missional Leader (Spurgeon's) | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | The most ideologically aligned church in Bucks — a small church that deliberately reinvented itself around mission under a 'Missional Leader'; modest budget but high alignment | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
82 | 81 | St James Road Baptist Church | Watford (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band A · E.Europe] Mission: 12 named partners incl. Sports Chaplaincy UK, BMS, Home Mission, N Africa | Balkans/Albania: Gareth & Liz Morris, PRAGUE — International Baptist Church and IFES | Disability: YES — funds TORCH TRUST FOR THE BLIND and MARILYN BAKER MINISTRIES; clearest disability-mission instinct found | Vacancy: unknown | Size: small congregation, but building hosts 5 congregations incl. two Portuguese-language services | unknown | B — Medium | Watford / Luton / NW-London fringe | Already funds two blindness/disability ministries AND a Central European church-planting couple — theologically pre-sold on Tek Ura's disability-plus-church-planting combination | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
83 | 82 | Rockingham Road Baptist Church | Kettering (Northants) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: 'Mission of the month' rotating giving — no named overseas partner | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: YES, STRONGEST IN COUNTY: dedicated web page for people with learning difficulties; welcomes disabled people and carers; tolerates interruptions; involves disabled people in leading worship | Vacancy: No | Size: 'small, friendly and very inclusive' | Rev Sharon Cross | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | The best theological match in Northants — an identity built on learning-disability inclusion, and 'mission of the month' is an immediate low-commitment slot for Tek Ura | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
84 | 83 | Hertford Baptist Church | Hertford (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: Church twinning with NAZARETH; CAP, food bank, Street Pastors | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: YES: runs groups for THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES as a standing ministry | Vacancy: No | Size: substantial staff team | Alan Ward (Team Leader); 12-person leadership team | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Runs a learning-disability group AND already operates an overseas twinning — exactly the two-part shape of a Tek Ura partnership; Hoddesdon's Dave Gooderidge was assistant here for 5 years | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
85 | 84 | Spurgeon Baptist Church | Bletchley, MK (Bucks/MK) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: BMS World Mission — standing section in church news | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: YES: hosts the MILTON KEYNES PHYSICALLY DISABLED CLUB monthly (lunch + activities); weekly chair exercises led by a former parish nurse | Vacancy: No | Size: not stated | Rev Mung Hatzaw (inducted May 2024) | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Strongest disability match in MK — already gives building and volunteers to disabled people locally, with a newly settled minister and an existing BMS rhythm to slot a Tek Ura Sunday into | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
86 | 85 | Belmont Road Baptist Church | Hemel Hempstead (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: none found published | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: YES: listed in the THROUGH THE ROOF inclusive-church directory | Vacancy: YES (PVL) | Size: 40 adults + 15 under-18s | unknown (secretary contact only) | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Small but formally aligned with a disability-inclusion charity — a congregation already persuaded that disabled people belong at the centre; also a PVL vacancy church | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
87 | 86 | Rickmansworth Baptist Church | Rickmansworth (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: Itemised published portfolio: BMS, Barnabas Aid, Open Doors, Mercy Ships, Sightsavers, Leprosy Mission | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: YES: supports REVITALISE (respite holidays for disabled people and carers), Sightsavers, Leprosy Mission | Vacancy: unknown | Size: not published | unknown | B — Medium | Watford / Luton / NW-London fringe | One of very few with a formal itemised giving list that already includes disabled respite and medical mission — Tek Ura's clinics slot into an existing category rather than needing a new one | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
88 | 87 | Beechen Grove Baptist Church | Watford (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: BMS and Home Mission (no named individuals) | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: In-house champions: deacon MARLENE FOX served with BMS in India 1961-65 and taught children with SEVERE LEARNING DISABILITIES for years; deacon Komba Tondoneh is a psychiatric nurse and lay preacher | Vacancy: No | Size: founded 1707; wide catchment | Rev Simon Heard | B — Medium | Watford / Luton / NW-London fringe | Two people on the deacon bench will grasp the rehab and sensory work instantly and can champion it internally | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
89 | 88 | Croxley Green Baptist Church | Croxley Green (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 4 · Prospect (Albania affinity) | — | [CBA sweep · band B · Disability] Mission: none found published | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: STROKE CLUB and a Croxley PARISH NURSE service — rehabilitation and recovery on their own doorstep | Vacancy: No | Size: Girls'/Boys' Brigade, large programme | Steve Elmes (Lead, from Jun 2024); Rachel Mead | B — Medium | Watford / Luton / NW-London fringe | They already do rehab and recovery locally, so Tek Ura is the same work abroad — and their former leader Lisa Kerry now heads the whole CBA | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
90 | 89 | London Colney Baptist Church | London Colney (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: none found | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: YES — 3+ yrs | Size: not published | VACANT since Easter 2023 — deacons taking services themselves | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Greatest raw need for visiting preachers of any CBA church; deacons openly say they are covering services themselves | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
91 | 90 | Tilehouse Street Baptist Church | Hitchin (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: BMS — Alan & Megan Barker, NEPAL (Megan is an OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST) | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: BMS partner is an occupational therapist — a natural bridge to the rehab work | Vacancy: YES | Size: ~50 members, ~30 Sunday | VACANT since Apr 2026 (Rev Jane Robson left); secretary post also vacant | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Vacant and needing preachers; the OT link makes Tek Ura's rehab model instantly legible, and standing joint services with Walsworth Road mean one Hitchin trip reaches both | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
92 | 91 | New Mill Baptist Church | Tring (Herts) | CBA region | CBA | 3 · Warm / engaged / lapsed | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: none found published | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: YES | Size: 150+ at 2023 induction || [8 Sep 2026 · Dan] New information → Tier 3: Valerie Carr Church Secretary has a long standing interest in Albania and Kosovo and has visited Tek Ura several times | VACANT since Apr 2026 (Rev Jackie Buie retired) | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Freshly into interregnum — deacons filling a preaching rota with no minister to clear it through; the lowest-friction Sunday date available | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
93 | 92 | Broadway Baptist Church | Chesham (Bucks) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: 'Strong links with missionaries working for BMS World Mission' | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: YES | Size: 300-yr-old town church; 1901 building seats ~1,000 | VACANCY — actively seeking | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | In vacancy and actively filling its pulpit — the easiest yes for a Sunday invitation, with BMS relationships already to build on | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
94 | 93 | Cotton End Baptist Church | Cotton End (Beds) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: none found | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: YES (PVL) | Size: small | VACANCY — Angela Stimson, secretary | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | MINUTES FROM MARSTON MORETAINE. Offer to preach as a straightforward favour to the secretary and let the relationship build; nearest vacancy to home | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
95 | 94 | Houghton Regis Baptist Church | Houghton Regis (Beds) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: none found | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: YES (PVL) | Size: small; site barely maintained | VACANT — site states 'Minister: vacant' | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Long-term vacancy with minimal online activity — offer pulpit supply, but the more productive Houghton Regis conversation is with Tim Haines at HRCDC | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
96 | 95 | Cornerstone Baptist Church | Thame (Oxon/Bucks) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band C · Vacancy] Mission: One elder works for an international mission agency | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: Runs a named INCLUSION GROUP — only church found with inclusion in its published structure | Vacancy: YES (PVL) — verify | Size: meets at John Hampden School; all-age | Website still lists Paddy Harris — PVL says vacancy; CONFIRM | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | The Brentons (£120/month Tek Ura donors) live in Thame — ask them to introduce you to the elders rather than approaching cold | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
97 | 96 | Biggleswade Baptist Church | Biggleswade (Beds) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band D · Capacity] Mission: NONE published — a genuinely open slot | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: No | Size: ~130 members, ~200 Sunday + hundreds midweek | Martin Ceaser (since 2018) | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | One of the largest and best-resourced, with paid Food Bank and Community Worker posts but no overseas partner — offer Tek Ura as their FIRST named international partner | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
98 | 97 | Broadmead Community Church | Northampton (Northants) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band D · Capacity] Mission: none found | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: none found | Vacancy: No | Size: raised £1m toward a £2.7m community centre | Adam Eakins (Lead); 3 pastoral + 5 support staff | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Greatest funding and team-sending capacity in Northants and their whole identity is holistic community transformation — Tek Ura's model exactly; but a cold approach needing a CBA introduction | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
99 | 98 | Loughton Baptist Church | Loughton, MK (Bucks/MK) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band D · Capacity] Mission: none found published | Balkans/Albania: none found | Disability: Kintsugi Hope mental-health groups (adjacent) | Vacancy: Associate post vacant | Size: planted Whitehouse Church; staff team | Rev Nathan Marlam; Associate Minister vacancy advertised | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Largest and most resourced Baptist church in MK, a proven planter running English classes and Kintsugi Hope — Tony McGinley at Whitehouse is a warm internal route in | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet | ||||||||||||
100 | 99 | Sutcliff / Olney Baptist Church | Olney (Bucks) | CBA region | CBA | 5 · Cold prospect | — | [CBA sweep · band D · Capacity] Mission: 15+ named partners: BMS, Mercy Ships, Advantage Africa, Tearfund, World Vision, MAF, Langham, FEBA, CBA Home Mission | Balkans/Albania: none found — an obvious European gap | Disability: Mercy Ships and Advantage Africa are disability/medical | Vacancy: No | Size: two Sunday services; charity 1151773 | Revd Stuart Macdonald | C — Low | CBA counties — negligible Albanian population | Widest, best-administered giving portfolio found, with an obvious gap where a Balkans partner would sit | — | Route via the CBA relationship (see Approach Plan) — no visit date yet |